I hadn't heard the term "volunteer" used of plants. I take it that it means 'those plants that grow in one's garden that have not been deliberately planted'. Just like my wild orchids. I love the term, it's a good description.

I have this, that volunteered itself in my herb bed. However, when I look up O. stricta, I only get the green leaved variety. Any ideas?

Oxalis stricta is usually a green leaved yellow flowered plant.

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"Oxalis stricta, called the common yellow woodsorrel (or simply yellow woodsorrel), common yellow oxalis, upright yellow-sorrel, lemon clover, or more ambiguously and informally "sourgrass"[2] or "pickle plant", is an herbaceous plant[3] native to North America, parts of Eurasia, and has a rare introduction in Britain.[4] It tends to grow in woodlands, meadows, and in disturbed areas as both a perennial and annual.[5] Erect when young, this plant later becomes decumbent as it lies down, and branches regularly. It is not to be confused with similar plants which are also often referred to as "yellow woodsorrel"."

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